# Colombia's UNP Ordered to Apologize Uribe Turbay Family

Colombia's Constitutional Court ordered the National Protection Unit to publicly apologize to the family of Senator Miguel Uribe Turbay.

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The Colombian Constitutional Court ordered the National Protection Unit (UNP) to offer public apologies to the family of Senator and presidential candidate Miguel Uribe Turbay. [^1]

The Corte Constitucional determined that Augusto Rodríguez Ballesteros, the former head of the UNP, exceeded the limits of free speech by issuing an institutional discourse that disclosed details of the protection scheme covering Miguel Uribe Turbay. [^2]

The court concluded that the UNP director was not authorized to disseminate information regarding the protection scheme and the intimacy of the senator's family. [^3]

The court found that the UNP director failed to provide a sufficient response to requests made by the senator's wife. [^4]

The court determined that the then-director of the UNP, Augusto Rodríguez Ballesteros, exceeded the limits of freedom of expression by disclosing operational details of the protection scheme and the family's privacy. [^5]

The court ruled that the UNP failed to provide a sufficient response to the request for rectification made by Miguel Uribe Turbay's wife, María Claudia Tarazona. [^6]

The Sala Cuarta de Revisión of the Constitutional Court protected the rights to petition, information, truth, family privacy, and posthumous honor and reputation of Uribe Turbay and his family. [^7]

## What this stands on

1. The Colombian Constitutional Court ordered the National Protection Unit (UNP) to offer public apologies to the family of Senator and presidential candidate Miguel Uribe Turbay. (Semana - Últimas Noticias de Colombia y el Mundo, News)
2. The Corte Constitucional determined that Augusto Rodríguez Ballesteros, the former head of the UNP, exceeded the limits of free speech by issuing an institutional discourse that disclosed details of the protection scheme covering Miguel Uribe Turbay. (Semana - Últimas Noticias de Colombia y el Mundo, News)
3. The court concluded that the UNP director was not authorized to disseminate information regarding the protection scheme and the intimacy of the senator's family. (Semana - Últimas Noticias de Colombia y el Mundo, News)
4. The court found that the UNP director failed to provide a sufficient response to requests made by the senator's wife. (Semana - Últimas Noticias de Colombia y el Mundo, News)
5. The court determined that the then-director of the UNP, Augusto Rodríguez Ballesteros, exceeded the limits of freedom of expression by disclosing operational details of the protection scheme and the family's privacy. (ELHERALDO.CO, News)
6. The court ruled that the UNP failed to provide a sufficient response to the request for rectification made by Miguel Uribe Turbay's wife, María Claudia Tarazona. (ELHERALDO.CO, News)
7. The Sala Cuarta de Revisión of the Constitutional Court protected the rights to petition, information, truth, family privacy, and posthumous honor and reputation of Uribe Turbay and his family. (ELHERALDO.CO, News)

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